Minnesota shipments typically run $1,000 to $2,300 for open transport and take 3 to 7 days, depending on origin and destination.
Shipping a sedan to or from Minnesota takes 3 to 7 days and costs $1,000 to $2,300 on an open carrier in October 2026.
Reference pricing for common Minnesota corridors. Your specific quote depends on origin city, destination city, and vehicle type.
Updated November 2026| Corridor | Distance | Transit | Open price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota to Texas | 940 to 1,255 mi | 3 to 5 days | $1,000 to $1,550 |
| Minnesota to Georgia | 1,128 to 1,128 mi | 3 to 5 days | $1,050 to $1,300 |
| Minnesota to New York | 1,199 to 1,202 mi | 3 to 5 days | $1,050 to $1,650 |
| Minnesota to Florida | 1,566 to 1,790 mi | 3 to 6 days | $1,150 to $1,550 |
| Minnesota to Arizona | 1,640 to 1,644 mi | 4 to 6 days | $1,400 to $1,900 |
| California to Minnesota | 1,926 to 2,012 mi | 4 to 7 days | $1,500 to $2,300 |
All 23 priced routes from Minnesota are in the full price list, open and enclosed.
Pricing refreshed monthly based on current carrier rates.
Quotes well below the typical range are almost always bait-and-switch. You are quoted a low price to pay the deposit, and then the price is bumped at the last minute.
Insured under federal cargo liability requirements. Coverage is part of the quote, not an add-on.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Most shipments run door to door. If access is tight (narrow streets, low clearance), we will arrange a nearby meeting point.
One percent of every booking funds Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on transport and energy emissions.
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Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Past the states next door, a lot of Minnesota’s long moves head south, to Florida, Arizona and Texas, while the cars arriving from far off often come from California. Either way, a car on Minnesota plates pays a registration tax every year. It isn’t a flat fee, because the bill follows what the car cost new.
Minnesota’s registration tax is $10 plus 1.575% of the manufacturer’s list price, charged on a share of that price that shrinks as the car ages.
The full price counts in the car’s first year, 70% of it in the fifth and 10% in the tenth. From the eleventh year the price stops mattering, and the tax is a flat $30 whatever the car once cost. None of it comes back when a car leaves the state.
The rate drops to 1.285% for one year. A 2026 law applies it to every registration period that starts during 2027, so on a car that listed at $30,000 and is in its fifth year the bill falls from about $340 to about $280. The cut is written for 2027 only, so the full rate returns for a registration year starting in 2028.
If the move makes you a Minnesota resident, these are the state's rules for the car.
Checked October 2026 against Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Rules change; the state's own site has the final word.
One percent of every booking goes to Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on policy and technology to clean up transport and energy emissions.
Our giving is independently verified each year.
Open transport on Minnesota's long routes runs $1,000 to $2,300. Dallas, about 940 miles from Minneapolis, is the low end at $1,000 to $1,300, and the California coast, about 2,000 miles off, costs $1,500 to $2,300.
Minnesota shipments usually arrive 3 to 7 days after pickup. California takes 4 to 7 days, Arizona 4 to 6, Florida 3 to 6, and Texas, New York and Atlanta 3 to 5.
Minnesota lets a car keep its out-of-state plates for the first 60 days after you start living here. The 60 days end sooner if the old registration expires or the car changes hands. A car you bought more than 60 days before the move, and registered in your name at home, owes no Minnesota sales tax when it gets its plates.
The truck waits until the road is safe to drive, and your pickup or delivery date moves with it. We'll confirm the driver's new window with you as soon as the road reopens. Snow on the mountain passes and in the northern states, and hurricanes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, are the usual causes.
You can leave up to 100 pounds of personal items in one piece of luggage, placed in the trunk or cargo area. Some carriers will accept additional weight for an added fee; we can arrange this for you after booking.
Every shipment is insured by the carrier under federal cargo liability requirements.
The deposit is charged 7 days before your pickup window opens; for a pickup inside 7 days it is held on your card at booking and charged when your driver is confirmed. The remaining balance is paid to the driver at delivery.
Wash the car so its condition is easy to record, photograph it from each corner, and leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Take out anything above the 100 pound personal item allowance, and take your toll transponder such as FasTrak, E-ZPass or SunPass off the windshield, because toll gantries can read it while the car rides the truck. Have a working key ready for the driver.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
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